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WHAT NEW INSTITUTIONS DO WE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN NEW DEAL TO BE FEASIBLE?

12:18 15.02.2021 Marie-Christine Ghreichi

WHAT NEW INSTITUTIONS DO WE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN NEW DEAL TO BE FEASIBLE?

As part of the Geneva Lecture Series concepted and conducted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, former Finance Minister of Greece, Professor Yanis Varoufakis centered his two-hour mesmerizing discussion on the pressing need for new international financial institutions in light of increasing inequality.Despite its intensification with the advent of the Covid-19 …

Improving human rights through empowering citizens and rebuilding trust across Europe

12:37 12.02.2021 Chloé Bernadaux

Improving human rights through empowering citizens and rebuilding trust across Europe

"2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe," commented Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at a speech in front of the Council of Europe at the end of last year.In an unprecedented fashion, the COVID-19 pandemic (C-19) has brought to fore a tremendous …

The EU Sputnik Borrell in Moscow: An aftermath, of Diplomacy

11:35 10.02.2021 Tomislav Jakić

The EU Sputnik Borrell in Moscow: An aftermath, of Diplomacy

After almost unanimous assessment of the Western media and analysts (one would be inclined to conclude they are “gleichgeschaltet”, modeled on the methods of Nazi master of propaganda Goebbels ), a visit to Moscow of the EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrell, was – depending on the author …

Briefing by CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas

11:12 08.02.2021 Yuri Menshikov

Briefing by CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas

The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas has given a briefing in the TASS Press Center on the military and political situation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization responsibility zone and around it, and on the outcomes of the CSTO activity in 2020 and the …

Conflict Resolution in Northern Ethiopia and Geopolitics

12:20 02.02.2021 Matthias Leitner

Conflict Resolution in Northern Ethiopia and Geopolitics

Matthias E. Leitnerhas served in international peace and security positions since 1997, mainly in UN and regional contexts across Africa, the western Balkans and in the Middle East, with a specialization in the Horn of Africa/IGAD Region. He has recently implemented an EU Emergency Trust Fund Project (IPPSHAR) with IGAD …

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION – Quo Vadis?

12:42 01.02.2021 Audrey Beaulieu

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION – Quo Vadis?

As part of the Geneva Lecture Series concepted and conducted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, President of the Republic of AustriaDr. Heinz Ficher(2004-16) and current Co-chair of the Vienna-basedBan Ki-moonCentre for Global Citizens centered his two-hour long mesmerizing talk on Europe and its future prospects. University scholars and diplomats based …

Sensationalism over Diplomacy: The buzz around India Russia Annual Summit

13:49 27.01.2021 By Amrita Dhillon & Arijita Sinha Roy*

Sensationalism over Diplomacy: The buzz around India Russia Annual Summit

India and Russia (erstwhile Soviet Union) have known to maintain cordial relations since post World War II. The Nehruvian Era was all about Fabian socialism and the planned economy model implemented in a manner to closely follow the Russians. Even in contemporary times, Indo-Russia relations have been a close highlight …

The World in 2021 – a personal view

12:09 25.01.2021 Jan Campbell

The World in 2021 – a personal view

Author:Jan Campbell– 20/01/2021The 2020 Covid-19 and with it the pandemic of fear eclipsed nearly everything in such a way that even the world politics were put on side and became a second priority. This would be the key pair – event which would enter into the history beside the post …

2020 – A Year when Distancing became Social

12:26 18.01.2021 Anis Bajrektarević

2020 – A Year when Distancing became Social

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.Definition of Health, Preamble of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Constitution, 1948These days, many argue that our Covid (C-19) response is a planetary fiasco, whose size is yet to surface with its mounting …

Of BREXIT and all that

14:29 12.01.2021 Dr J Scott Younger OBE

Of BREXIT and all that

When the Brexit vote was taking place in UK in 2016, I was addressing the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents’ Club at a monthly breakfast meeting. When the meeting started it seemed as though the remain vote was winning. However, by the time the meeting finished the reverse had happened; the Brexiteers …

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